'Ill-tempered' definitions:
Definition of 'ill-tempered'
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Definition of 'Ill-tempered'
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- Ill-tempered \Ill`-tem"pered\, a.
- 1. Of bad temper; grouchy; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
- Syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away. --Pepys. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ill-tempered'
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